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logophilia — (loh.goh.FEE.lee.uh) n. The love of words. logophile n. A lover of words. Example Citation: There is a disease which consists in loving words too much. Logophilia first manifests itself in childhood and is, alas, incurable. Peter Ackroyd, Visions … New words
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Drinking the Kool-Aid — For the Veronica Mars episode, see Drinking the Kool Aid (Veronica Mars). Drinking the Kool Aid is a metaphor, used in the United States and Canada, that means to become an unquestioning believer in some ideology, or to accept an argument or… … Wikipedia
Real life (reality) — Real life is a term referring to life in the real world. It is generally used in reference to life or consensus reality outside of an environment seen as fiction or fantasy, as on the Internet, virtual reality, dreams, novels, or movies. Online,… … Wikipedia
Flash mob — Flashmob redirects here. For the Vitalic album, see Flashmob (album). Flash mobs, like this pillow fight flash mob in downtown Toronto, are designed to surprise passers by. A flash mob (or flashmob)[1] is a group of people who assemble suddenly… … Wikipedia
Gaydar — from 1950 1973.cite web last=Adams first=Mary Louise title=The Trouble with Normal: Postwar Youth and the Making of Heterosexuality publisher=University of Toronto Press date=1997, ISBN 080208057X url=http://books.google.com/books?id=piG4Uprd RoC … Wikipedia
Real life — In real life redirects here. For the Canadian TV series, see In Real Life. This article is about the common term real life . For things named Real Life , see Real Life. Real life is a term usually used to denote actual human life lived by real… … Wikipedia
Republican In Name Only — RINO redirects here. For other uses, see Rino. Republican In Name Only, is a pejorative term that refers to a member of the Republican Party of the United States whose political views or actions are considered insufficiently conservative or… … Wikipedia
Earned media — (or free media) refers to favorable publicity gained through promotional efforts other than advertising, as opposed to paid media, which refers to publicity gained through advertising. [cite web |url= http://www.wordspy.com/words/earnedmedia.asp… … Wikipedia
Paul McFedries — (born 23 August 1959) is a Canadian author of more than 40 computer books that have sold 3 million copies worldwide. [http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A20S6N9Z5ARLWE Amazon biography] ] He has been programming since he was a teenager in the… … Wikipedia
